02 Sep Hackers threaten Google over employee terminations

A group claiming to be a coalition of hackers has reportedly issued an ultimatum to Google, threatening to release the company’s databases unless two of its employees are dismissed.

The demand, which appeared in a post on Telegram, specifically named two members of Google’s Threat Intelligence Group.

According to a post seen by Newsweek, the self-proclaimed hacking collective also insisted that Google stop all investigations by its Threat Intelligence Group into the network’s activities.

At present, the group has not provided any evidence that it has the tools for accessing Google’s databases.

This threat comes in the wake of a separate incident disclosed by Google in August, when the company confirmed that ShinyHunters had successfully obtained data from Salesforce.